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Thymelaeaceae

Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey.

Family
Thymelaeaceae
Genus
Wikstroemia

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Wikstroemia indica: Wikstroemia indica foliage
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Cantonese
了哥王
Chinese
了哥王, 南岭荛花, 南嶺蕘花, 了哥王子, 了哥王根, 了哥王（南岭荛花）, 哥春光, 地棉根
Persian
ویکسترومیا ایندیکا
Vietnamese
Niệt dó
za
Godeizgoek

Synonyms

  • Capura purpurata L.
  • Daphne cannabina Lour.
  • Daphne indica L.
  • Daphne indica subsp. linearifolia (Elmer) Halda
  • Daphne indica subsp. novae-caledoniae (Gand.) Halda
  • Daphne indica unranked alba J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
  • Daphne viridiflora Wall.
  • Daphne zhouana Halda
  • Diplomorpha viridiflora (Wall. ex Meisn.) C.A.Mey.
  • Wikstroemia amplifolia (Schltr.) Domke
  • Wikstroemia forsteri Decne.
  • Wikstroemia indica var. amplifolia Schltr.
  • Wikstroemia indica var. insularis Schltr.
  • Wikstroemia indica var. viridiflora (Wall. ex Meisn.) Hook.f.
  • Wikstroemia linearifolia Elmer
  • Wikstroemia linearifolia H.F.Zhou ex C.Y.Chang
  • Wikstroemia novae-caledoniae Gand.
  • Wikstroemia ovalifolia Decne.
  • Wikstroemia ovata Fern.-Vill.
  • Wikstroemia pachyphylla Merr.
  • Wikstroemia pulgarensis Elmer
  • Wikstroemia purpurata (L.) Druce
  • Wikstroemia shuttleworthiana Meisn.
  • Wikstroemia shuttleworthii Meisn.
  • Wikstroemia subcoriacea Merr.
  • Wikstroemia valbrayi H.Lév.
  • Wikstroemia viridiflora Wall. ex Meisn.
  • Wikstroemia viridiflora var. acuta Lecomte
  • Wikstroemia zhouana (Halda) C.Shang & S.Liao
  • Xylosma cochine Lour. ex Gomes Mach.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.